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I'm currently on MS Chardonnay. The lock between Avignon and Tournon has been struck and 2 vessels are stuck inside. One is a cargo vessel and the other is an AMA boat. A part to fix the hydraulics is coming from Marseille. We have been stationery since lunch time yesterday when we arrived at the lock to head north. We relocated to Cruas and are currently sitting it out. All the other pax have gone on a coach ride and tour to Lyon. I have no idea whether the Pax on the AMA vessel are still on board or whether they have been able to re-locate.

I'm currently on MS Chardonnay. The lock between Avignon and Tournon has been struck and 2 vessels are stuck inside. One is a cargo vessel and the other is an AMA boat. A part to fix the hydraulics is coming from Marseille. We have been stationery since lunch time yesterday when we arrived at the lock to head north. We relocated to Cruas and are currently sitting it out. All the other pax have gone on a coach ride and tour to Lyon. I have no idea whether the Pax on the AMA vessel are still on board or whether they have been able to re-locate.

Hi I wonder if you could a picture of it? Also, what AMA boat is it, can you tell?
Many thanks

Our cruise ends tomorrow. We will be debarking at 2pm and spending 2 nights in Lyon, hotel yet to be advised but on a full board basis. Various excursions will be organised. We head for Paris on Friday for the 3 nights already included as part of the itinerary. The crane from Marseille has yet to arrive at the lock.

certainly not the year for river cruising in Europe with the floods, lock workers strikes and now in France, a damaged lock. Let's hope low water doesn't exacerbate things. I leave in 2 weeks for my Saone and Rhone cruise and will be sadly disappointed if I encounter any issues with the rivers or the locks. Thanks NN for taking us on your journey

I'm just off AmaWaterway's AmaPrima (Danube) and literally all key staff were rushing off to the Rhone to deal with this latest issue. One of the Europe-based execs concurred with your comment Newfirsttimer -- said it has been an exhausting year for crises on the river. But he said it with a smile....

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Originally Posted by newfirsttimer

certainly not the year for river cruising in Europe with the floods, lock workers strikes and now in France, a damaged lock. Let's hope low water doesn't exacerbate things. I leave in 2 weeks for my Saone and Rhone cruise and will be sadly disappointed if I encounter any issues with the rivers or the locks. Thanks NN for taking us on your journey

If anyone is on AmaDagio (or I should say, was on it before it got stuck), or indeed any other of the boats that have been delayed by this incident, I wonder if you could send a picture of the crane winching out the boat? – we would love to see it, and will of course give you a credit.
Many thanks

If anyone is on AmaDagio (or I should say, was on it before it got stuck), or indeed any other of the boats that have been delayed by this incident, I wonder if you could send a picture of the crane winching out the boat? – we would love to see it, and will of course give you a credit.
Many thanks

We were told the gates were opened around 3am.... not clear whether any boat winching was done.... seems the accident caused all the hydraulics to be disabled when the AMAdagio was at the top of the lock... the pax walked off.... my understanding is that both boats in there were damaged.... that the gates had to be repaired / removed / replaced...... our sister ship, the Provence, had been stuck in Tournon. Their pax had been debarked to hotels I guess; as we were on board and good to go we were the first through the opened gates.

certainly not the year for river cruising in Europe with the floods, lock workers strikes and now in France, a damaged lock. Let's hope low water doesn't exacerbate things. I leave in 2 weeks for my Saone and Rhone cruise and will be sadly disappointed if I encounter any issues with the rivers or the locks. Thanks NN for taking us on your journey

I concur:
Sad tale of woe re the floods and how they were mishandled by the company on this link.

Got a message from AMA on Facebook. The amadagio is free of the lock. They are giving passengers a 50% credit in the amount of the fare paid on any future cruise through 2016. I think that is really generous, ESP considering it wasn't AMA's fault.